AmaWaterwaysis currently transporting the AmaDagio from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Marseille, France to operate 7-night cruises on the Rhone River starting on March 29, 2012. The voyage from its current location in the Netherlands will take the ship through the English Channel, around Spain and Portugal and through the

It is always great to receive photos from clients as they are cruising the seven seas.  Here a client is happily, as he said, “Living it Large with GOLDRING TRAVEL”. I guess the Goldring Travel hat makes all the difference.  (My questions is, of course, “Where is the champagne?)

Seabourn is starting off 2012 with some significant offerings on some very interesting sailings.  What I can tell you is that while I have been very critical of the “free” things that you are actually paying for (hotels, upgrades, etc.), if you look at the pricing prior to these offerings

I know I have been on sort of a role about being a bit kinder to fellow travelers.  I also know I have been a bit harsh in putting forth the message; I guess, in large part, because it seems like the ones that actually need the message won’t hear

There is an interesting, though disturbing, phenomenon that raises its ugly head too many times:  The Thrill of Writing Negative Cruise Reviews. On Cruise Critic (the website of so much inaccuracy and social dysfunction that it boggles most minds), there is presently a woman on the Seabourn Pride (posting as

This has been quite a year for me, personally, and for Goldring Travel. I have traveled from the mountains of Lake Tahoe, California to the beaches of Sardinia; wandered the streets of Rome and was among the first to cruise on the Seabourn Quest; relaxed in a beautiful villa in

As I read things on the web I am seeing that annual overtone of some folks that seek to dampen the joys of holiday cruises and other vacations by complaining about a single incident that happened weeks or months ago as if that single incident is going to be repeated